What’s the Story? How Oasis and Elizabeth Gaskell taught the world to speak Manc
I’ve often joked to myself about the comparisons you can draw between two Mancunian legends who are close to my heart - Oasis and Elizabeth Gaskell. It was the announcement of the longed-for Oasis reunion that made me think I'd waited long
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36. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
30 June - 4 July 2025 It has been one of the best and longest weeks. There was a lot packed in, but surprisingly everything went to plan. I started the week with a private group tour for 30 secondary school students
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23-27 June 2025 We are now officially less than a week from our exhibition launch at the House so there's been lots of ends to tie-up, final proofing, sign-offs, a man with a van to book and a banner to put up
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16-20 June 2025 I've not been in the House since Sunday 15 June as I was at the annual AIM (Association of Independent Museums) Conference at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth for 3 nights. With the hot weather returning, we saw
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9-15 June 2025 Not quite the packed week we had last week (phew!) but it started for me with a trip to Trentham Gardens in Stoke for a Group Travel Organiser event - where Anne and I got to meet lots of
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